The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

TE ---- - SRY tS I SAT ORY AEE SERRE TR EL SAD PAGE TEN THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1929 A Page of Interesting News and Pictures of the British Isles New Farming Schools "Opened For Training of 'Canadian 'Agreement to Send 6,000 Farm Laborers to Canada This Spring--The Present Training Centres Are Fill. i od to Capacity London ~The British ministry of labor is opening four new trainin, farms in Britain for emigrants Canada, The opening of the centres is the. sequel to conclusion of an agreement between the British and Canadian goevrnments for the move- ment to Canada of 6,000 farm lab- orers during the coming spring, Working under this agreement, the British authorities are actively re cruiting throughout the country, Ex- isting 'training centres are already full so they are opening three new ones near Brandon, on the border of Norfolk and Suffolk, which together have a capacity of 800 men at one time and a fourth training centre in cotland with a capacity of 120 men at one time, In the new centres longer training courses of 12 weeks will be given, comprising the sub- jects of clearing land, tree-felling, fence building, dairying and handling of horses and general farming, In addition, five shorter courses at "testing centres" are being started, In these, where the course lasts only a month, the idea is rather to test the applicant's fitness for farm work and to give him some prelim- inary training with a view to his training being completed on the Canadian farm itself, In both re- cruiting and training for the move- ment of 6000 to Canada, it is em- phasized, the ministry of labor, un- der whose jurisdiction the training farms come, is following two guid- ing principles: (1) The man should be a good pro- position from the immiggant point of view or, in other words, should be of a type likely to succeed in Canada, and (2) There "should be no question | of trying to "dump" what are term- ed "un-employables" into Canada, Responsible officials state that an endeavor is being made, so far as is possible on this side, to prepare the applicants for the actual work of the anadian farm, Both in recruiting activities and at the farm centres, those regarded as unsuitable will be weeded out, While recruiting has been actively carried out for some short time now, the agreed to total of 6,000 has not yet been reached, The idea is to have the whole movement cover the period between March and June, HEADS THE NAVY HON, MR. BRIDGEMAN F of no intention of engaging in a naval war, HUGE DIRIGIBLE 15 NEARLY READY Airship R100 Will Soon Have Trials for Trip to Canada York, Eng.--Within the next few weeks the great 5,000,000 cubic feet Burney Rolls-Royce air- or Abe 100 will be ready for its test at Howden, Yorishire. trials will be made in the pg Po the experimental flight across the Atlantic to Quebec, Can- ada, where a special mooring mast has been erected. Although the R100 is the largest airship ever completed and bas luxurious ac- commodation for 100 passengers, it is regarded as only am experi- ment to gain data for sti | i or craft. America has already or- dered two airships, each with a capacity of 6,600,000 cubic feet, while Commander Burney bas pre- pared designs for a 9,000,000 cuble feet airship to be built after the present ship has passed its tests. At a recent conferemce in New York between airship designers and business men, it was decided that even larger ships would be required for regular transatlantie services, and draft designs are be- ing prepared for am airship with a capacity of 20,000,000 cubic feet, which would ecarry 1,000 passen- gers across the Atlantic at over 100 miles an hour. : Britain Preparing to Fulfil Immigranst v SAYS BRITISH PLAN APPROVED BY BOARD London, Though Sir John Aird, chairman of the Canadian Broad- Suing Commission insists the com- ission has no opinion to offer re- garding the merits of the British as compared with the Canadian sys- tem, the Manchester Guardians London corespondent says: 'There is general agremeit that British sys- tem, has points of superiority over the organization, or lack of organ- ization, of other countries, This, I am told, is the strong opinion of the Canadian Wireless Commission, and it is expected they will recom mend the setting up of 'a national system in Canada on British lines, The commission may be said to have come down on the side of na- tional ownership." EUROPE PREPARES FOR RACES FOR SCHNEIDER CUP Britain, France and Italy Plan New Aeroplanes For Big Race London, Feb, 9,--Intensive pre- parations are being made in France, Britain and Italy for the interna- tional assault of aviation records in 1929 Schreider Trophy seaplane races, but there is some dissatis- faction here with the date, Septem- ber 6 and 7. Aeronautical circles her claim that the first week in September is there is a strong probability that | there is as trong probability that weather conditions will be unfavor- able for the race, Flight Lieutenant D'Arcy Greig was ready at the end .of Augus last year to "fly faster than man has ever moved through the air," it is said, "but it was November before a suitable day---combining calm weather and visibility--made it possible for his assault on the records, He failed by a narrow margin to better the record of 318 miles an hour held by Major Di Bernhardt of Italy, but the great difficulty in handling a plane at such speed made it advisable to postpone further tests until 1929, Calshot, where Greig made his flights, is in the same area as the solent at Southampton, where the trophy races will be held, Many experts are of the opinion that there is a fair chance weather will make it {impossible to hold the races in September. Greater Speed It is fairly certain, they point out, that the speed of the conten- ders this year--Italy, Britain and the United States--will be at least 10 per cent, greater than in 1827 in which both Greig and D, Bern- hardt exceeded 318 miles per hour Naturally the greater speed makes the planes more difficult to handle. The race is expected to attract more attention than ever this year. Each country is reported putting | forth great effort to prepare con- testants, Britain only last week selected four new type planes to test for the races and Greig has been in training for speed tests for months. Contrary to previous reports, the United States could win permenent possession of the trophy by a victory this year, The American fliers have won it twice in the four prev- ious contests. Great Britain's three entries will be monoplanes. London, Feb. 4.--The conviction that Canada offers the best oppors tunities in the world has moved W. Askew, of Ladykirk, on the border between Scotland and Eng, land, to offer financial assistance to 20 single men, 10 married men and 10 families to enable them to settle on the land in the Dominion. This contribution towards the alleviation of unemployment at Berwick-on-Tweed will make it possible to find assured employ- ment for 40 able bodied men and 30 young people, as it is under- stood the Canadian Pacific Rallway is guranteeing their employment in Canada. Askew recently returned from a trip to the Dominion, THE WEDDING WAS OFF Guests of Deaf and People Dumb Bolton, Eng.--Fifty persons as- sembled for the wedding of a deaf and dumb couple at Bolton the other day were informed by the minister that, owing to a discrep- ancy fin the surname of one of the parties, he could not perform the ceremony. Efforts were made Zo correct the error without success. The minister advised that the recep- tion would be held, and promised he would perform the ceremony when a fresh certificate was' ob- tained. For the first time in its history, the Highland Show, Scotland's | great agricultural event, is to have a woman judge in one of the heav- ier class stock scctioms. DUCHESS OF YORK'S BROTHER MARRIED AT WESTMINSTER HON. DAVID BOWES. LYON WEDS MISS SPENDER CLAY NIECES BRIDESMAIDS Former Archbishop of Can- terbury Officiates at Wedding London,--Police were on hand to guarantee the Duke and Duchess of York safe passage to and from St, Margaret's, Westminster, where the wedding of the younger brother of the Duchess, Hon, David Bowes- Lyon, to Rachel, daughter of Lieut Col, Herbert H, Spender-Clay, M, P, took place, After the Duchess' ex- perience a year ago at the wedding of another brother, Michael, when she was nearly mobbed by admir- ers, it was felt that such a precau- tion was necessary, Like the brave men they are the police fulfilled their trust, but it required something more than brav- ery, Marghalling a crowd of 90,- 000 for a football cup final is al- most child's play compared with controlling a tenth of that number of pleasurably excited women, Even if they have not the faintest chance of entering the church, the women on such occasions cling to the church railings inspired by the "Yhought that they will at least get a glimpse of the wedding party. It was all done, however, with good humor on both sides, Legislators on their way to the House of Commons just across the road, to dispute such unromantic matters as Scottish local Govern- ment bill, paused awhile to watch the frantic eagerness of the femin- ine multitude whose thoughts and movements at the moment were cer- tainly far removed from the newly enfranchised state either of them- selves or of their sisters. While all this herding and jost- ling was going on the Duke and Duchess of York slipped quietly in- to the church by a side door. The interior of St. Margaret's was richly adorned with daffodils and tulips arranged by the bride herself, The bride, who is a hand- some brunette, was garbed in a gown of silver brocade many ceu- turies old, and wore an old Jace veil, which had belonged to . her mother, Her hat was of powder blue, and a cloak of the same color fell from» her shoulders, The bridesmaids included three nieces of the Duchess of York, Hon, Elizabeth Elphinstone, Miss Ceeilla Leveson Gower, and Miss Cecilla Bowes-Lyon, Lady Astor's daugh- ter, Phyllis, was also a bridesmaid, as were Miss Phyllis Spender-Clay, Lady Margaret Bingham and Miss Joyce Phipps. They were attired in white velvet, and wore spring flow- ers in their hair, The two small pages were dressed in red velvet, Lord Davidson, retired Archbish- op of Canterbury, performed the ceremony, It was his first publie appearance since his resignation from the primacy of the Church of England. The wedding had a personal interest to him, because he was visiting -Clamis Castle, the home of the bridegroom's parents, when Miss Spender-Clay visited her fiance's family and the betrothal was announced. 20-FOOT FOUNTAIN Remarkable Effect of Water- Main Burst London, Eng.--Water sprouting up to a height of 20 feet from a burst hydraulic-power main caused a remarkable scene in Carlton House-terrace, London, The wat- er forced a ragged hole in the road, a few yards from the Duke of York's Column, Lumps of wood paving were shot some considerable distance. Except to the roadway, little damage was done, A large quantity of sand was thrown up, and quickly blocked the drains and gutters. The water flowed across Carlton House-terrace Gardens and Waterloo-place, which was flooded in places to a depth of two feet, and down the Duke of York's Steps to the Mall. Some water found its way into the basements and cellars of;nearby buildings, including the German Embassy and the Union and Athenaeum Clubs. OPPOSES PRAYER BOOK -{ mecessity for providing good air considerable. Sons of His Majesty the King hunting trip with his brother, the THE PRINCE AND HIS BROTHERS Above, at the left, is His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales, at the top right is Prince George who was recalled from service on the Bermuda station of the Royal Navy by his father's illness. the Duke of Gloucester, who made the long trip back from the wilds of Africa, where he had been on a Prince of Wales, Lower right is SUBSIDIZE AVIATION Private Flying "Thioughout Britain to Receive Big Impetus London,--The decision of the British Government to subsidize nrivate flying throughout Britain is expected to show Canada one way in which individual enthusiasm for aviation may be made a national asset, A new company known as Na- tional Flying Services, Limited, is to put into service 100 airplanes for flying tuition. private hire and commercial work, and also to es- tablish and equip 23 national air parks within the next 10 years. The Government will assist in this development by a grant of $500 for each club member who qualifies for issue or renewal of a pilot's license. This grant is to apply dur- ing the first three years of oper- ation and is subject to a maximum of $75,000 per annum. There is an additional grant to the company of $25 per year for each pilot remain- ing in sevice after the initial three- year period. This additional period is limited to seven years and the total additional grant is not to ex- ceed a maximum of $37.50. Company's Personnel Capt Frederick E. Gaest, former BRITAIN PLANS TO {HANDEL FESTIVAL T0 BE POSTPONED General Elections Interfere With An Important | Musical Event | man the "staff" part of the brain Assertion is Made That High London,--A remarkable re- semblance between the manner in which the brain and a metropoli- tan newspaper functions was found by Sir Arthur Keiht, lecturing at the Royal College of Surgeons here, He found that in modern --the executive part--had grown to a decided preponderance over the "mechanical part"--or the part that handled and despatched the messages from hte nerve centres of the body. This was not the case in the lower mammals, where the brain was given almost entirely over to "mechanical part", Sir Arthur sald that 100 years ago g small but enthusiastic band of medical men were mapping the surface of the human head into areas, believing that in each un- derlying part of the brain there was situated a specific faculty of the mind. Old Ideas Gone Advancing knowledge of the brain had swept away old phreno- logical maps from the surface of the head, but unfortunately the fate which had attended these early attempts had brought the art of the cartographer as applied to the human brain into disrepute, Such acepticism was unjustified. At the beginning of the present century anatomists set out in earnest to make an elaborate sur- vey of the grey rind or cortex of man's brain; the first maps pro- duced were comparatively simple, but had since become more com- plex, the latest showing, the cor- tex of the brain divided into over 100 distinct districts or areas, In later maps, although there was complete agreement as to the mai nareas, there was still a con- siderable discrepancy as regards the number and extxent of the sec- Scientist Likens Brain To Animated Newspaper Forehead is an Indication of Exceptional Brain Power--Old Ideas Are Being Swept Away By Modern Research ondary or minor areas. Result of Research The most striking generaliza. tion which had emerged from re cent research on the brain was tg show that all the cortex behind th central fissure had to deal wih the receipt and manipulation o messages coming im from sen organs of the body and all that lay in front was executive or con.rol ling in function, General opinion which had long favoured an amp forehead as a mask of ability, wai receiving some degree of justifical tion from modern inquiry, There was a degree of resembl ance between the organization of a newspaper office and that of th brain. Messages from various quar ters flowed in and according td their nature passed to depar ment, devoted to foreign, news, polities | commerce, sport, fashion, Betwee the time messages were received and the time they passed to 'cx pression" in the hands of the print er much work by (he staff hag td be done, The organization in th human brain was of a simila kind, The remarkable thing in th course of evolution of the animal brain was that it was not the staff) which handled the messages ang which saw to the printing of th news that had increased; th changes which bad come auou concerned the *'editorial" staff, I had grown enormous. In the lowe| mammals, however, the cortex o | the brain was made up almost e | tirely of the staffs which handled the messages and the men who ra the printing machines, As (h brain was followed upward in th course of its evolution these prim ary groups became pushed asid and separated more and more b "staff" cortex until in the braf of man the "staff" areas complet wv overshadowed the original mem, hers, a 5 NOVEL APPEAL IN COURT AT LONDON Woman Charges Desertion But Lives in House With Husband SAILORS' FRIEND 1S HARD TO BEAT Dame Sophia Wintz for Years Did Work Among Naval Men Plymouth, Eng.--Thousands of London, Eng.--Owing to the probability of the General Eleetion | taking place in the summer it has | been resolved to postpone the tri-| ennjal Handel Festival, which was | due to hdve taken place at the Cry- | stal Palace in June. The Festival, | which has been held every three | years since 1859, had bad luck on | the last oceasion, for the General Strike nearly led to the loss of the money spent upon preliminary ad- vertiging, and although the Iesti- val eventually carried through with success it did little more than pay expenses, Like the Crystal Palace itself the Handel Festival has mever renoun- ced its struggle against difficulties. The Palace has gone through all kinds of trying experiences. Irom its establishment it was never easy to convince Londoners that Syden- hanr is really not at all far from the West End, and gradually vari- ous competing attractions began to create an impression that the Palace was old-fashioned. But the trustees never lost heart, and at their last meeting they were able to announce that 1928 had been a Air Minister, will act as chairman, while on the board of directors will be Sir Alan Cobham, Col. the Master of Semphill, president of the Royal Aeronautical Society, and J. G. Peel president of the Manchester and County Bank. Col. Ivan Edwards, former chief technical adviser of civil aviation at the Air Ministry, will be managing director. The new company will cover Bri- tain with a network of airdromes and provide air taxi service, and so prompt is British aviation that it is expected it will be able to chal- lenge Germxany as well ag provide a reserve of pilots and mechanics in case of war. British failure to develop avia- tion bas been the cause of much criticism, and the Government was forced to grant the subsidy by the communications and in the inter- : este of national defence. MINERS AND THEIR DOGS No Relief For Men Who Keep Animals London, Eng.--Miners who keep racing dogs are not to be allowed relief. This decision has been made by the Relief Committee at Coal- ville, Leicestershire, and some ap- plicants for relief the other day. having admitted keeping dogs, had to go empty away. Dog racing still flourishes at Coalville, where races are held every Saturday. The num- ber of miners who run dogs is not successful year--aided by the fine summer-----and to describe various restorations now in progress. It would certainly be sad if so fam- ous a London landmark ever had to be dismantled. A glass palace may be rather awkward for prac- tical purposes, but the idea of such a structure is singularly attractive, and many persons who from a dis- tance on a fine summer's day have seen the Palace poised like a bub- ble on the Sydenham heights must have felt that a curiously dream- like architectural conception was given form when the plans of Sir Joseph Paxton were first passed. The Palace was originelly erected in Hyde Park, and housed the Great Exhibition of 1851--the first "Wembley" to be held in England. Bristol, Eng.--For the past four vears bedridden at Southmead hos- pital, Bristol, Mrs. Mary Anne Mil- ler has just attained her 107th birthday. Her physical and men- tal conditions are remarkably good and she can hear and see well, and shows no sign of disease. Born at licinster, Somerset, she was brought up by her grandfather, a Bristol florist, and married a nur- seryman. Until the age of 101 Mrs. Miller did her own shopping. Her brother, who is 92, still works | as a gardener in Bristol. 3 people assembled at Plymouth the other day for the funeral of Dame Sophia Wintz, who was associated for many years with the late Dame Agnes Weston in work among naval men. The service in Devon- port Dockyard church was attend~ ed by the Bishop of Plymouth, Vice-Admiral Sir Lionel Halsey, representing the Prince of Wales, and many naval and military of- When the cortege reachea Barracks, the the ficers. the Royal Naval coffin, covered with Jack, was transferred from the motor-hearse to a gun-carriage, which was drawn to the graveside by twenty bluejackets. Four hun- dred officers and men from the Naval Barracks and ships in port followed, and after the committal rites, mnayal buglers sounded the "Last Post." Wreaths from Commander-in-Chief at Ports- mouth and every warship in the harbor were sent to Devonport. A memorial service was held at the Portsmouth Sailors' Rest, and was conducted by Lord Radstock, one of the trustees. It' was attended by representative lower deck rat- ings and by the Commander-in- Chief, Admiral Sir Osmord Brock, and other principal officers of the port. . ENVOY FROM IRAQ GEN. JAFAR PASHA who has reached London for a mew term as diplomatic agent, travelled by motor car across t desert from Bagdad. Union | the | London, Eng.--Can a man dee | sert his wile wi. 2 . ' (the same roof? This was the in- SCOTLAND YARD HER( triguing problem which a Divorce Divisional Court, composed of Justices Hill and Rateson, had to | Sesise, It was an appeal from the Gore, Hendon, N.W., justices, who refused to grant Mrs, Charlotte | Buth Stevens, of Sturgess road, |an order on a summons alleging , that her husband, Mr. Thomas | Morris Stevens, had deserted her. | At the Court hearing last Novem- ber the case presented was that husband and wife lived in the same house, but Mrs, Stevens al- | leged her husband behaved mere- ly as a lodger. In these circumstances _.er coun- sel, Mr, Hodson, 3.w submitted that the justices ought to have found desertion, as there was no marked conflict between the evid- ence of either party. Another point wos that one of the magistrates was interested in the same trade union as the husband, 'and sao J Li have adjudicated on the mat- er. Mr, Justice Hill: Supposing it had been a tr. dispute, in which the union was cerned, is there any authority to shc-- tht a magistrate who was a member of a trade union ought not to it on any Bench wh.re a mer" er of "is own union was concerned? Is no barrister to sit in a case where another barrister is a party? Mr. Hodson suggested that in such cases it would be better for t' . magistrate concerned to stand aside, Giving the decision of the Conrt, Mr. Justice Hill stated that it seemed to lim the w"e wished to make out desertion by her hus- bond under circumstances which would carry the low very muh further than h: * been the case hitherto, This husband and ~i'e lived under the same f, but occupied separate bed , anil the husbari paid the expemse »f the house. They had breakiast to- gether every morning, dined at the same table every Sun'ay, and when the husband spoke to her the wife answered. They were said to be totally different im their tastes im re ard io uanc things of that kind. It would be stretching the law very much to say that the husband aesertea wis wife, It might be that the relations between these two people were strained, or that the husband was mainly to blame, but the jaw €ouid mot rg 'a situations that arose between hus- bands and wives. As to the other question about the trade-union magistrate, this was not a trade LORD BYNG who has created a sensation by hi determined campaign to clean conditions in the London Metr politan Police Force, BALDWIN DEFENDS HIS MINES POLIC Says the Eight Hour Da; Has Cut Costs of Production London, Feb, b5.--Prime Minle ter Stanley Baldwin devoted a let ter largely to the coal problem in writing encouragement to the Con servative candidate in the pending by-election in Bishop Auckland. H did not disclose any mew Govern ment policy for its solution, bu contented himself with defending the Government attitude, especially its adoption of the act for an eigh hour day for miners. d Bishop Auckland is one of th villages visited by the Prince o Wales a few days ago in his inve Hgation of unemployment eond ors. The Prime Minister declared thal the act had resulted in a reductiox in costs of production by about 64 cents a ton and that but for thi the coal industry today would b in an infinitely worse position with wages lower, Mr. Baldwin pointed out wha has been done in thie way of trans | ferring miners from the distressed areas and by state relief grants and stated that under the Derating Bill now before Parliament the coal industry will be relieved o! taxation burdens amounting td £3,000,000 annually and will alsd enjoy reduced railway freights. Declaring that the only remed) the Socialists have to offer is na tionalization, he asked "when it i remembered that the troubles i the coal industry are partly due t state control of mines during the war, is it not folly to imagine that] the policy of state control is- no going to restore inausey to pros he lot perity or improve t of the) miners?" dispute, and again it would he carrying the law too far to say that a magistrate in the ecircum- stances ought not to try such a matter. Mr. Justice Bateson agreed, and the appeal was dismissed. i "I cannot understand," said the vicar, "why so many of our congre- ~ation go straight 'from church to the public house." "Oh," sald his lively curate. "that's what is known as "the thirst after righteousness." [ZRra raTiiiy oe